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The purpose of NAT/PAT is to allow you to use fewer public IP addresses in your network thus reducing the cost and conserving public IP address usage.

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How can you change NAT type 3 to NAT type 2?

You need to access the settings on your router.


What address is assigned to a computer that fails to locate a dhcp server?

Using NAT a computer fails to locate a DHCP server . NAT is method that provide mapping between private and universal addresses. Network address translation also supports VPN .


What layer of the OSI model does NAT operate?

Layer 3


Why port addresses shorter than IP addresses?

In computer networking, network address translation(NAT) is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device.The simplest type of NAT provides a one-to-one translation of IP addresses. RFC 2663 refers to this type of NAT as basic NAT. It is often also referred to as one-to-one NAT. In this type of NAT only the IP addresses, IP header checksum and any higher level checksums that include the IP address need to be changed. The rest of the packet can be left untouched (at least for basic TCP/UDP functionality, some higher level protocols may need further translation). Basic NATs can be used when there is a requirement to interconnect two IP networks with incompatible addressing.However, it is common to hide an entire IP address space, usually consisting of private IP addresses, behind a single IP address (or in some cases a small group of IP addresses) in another (usually public) address space. To avoid ambiguity in the handling of returned packets, a one-to-many NAT must alter higher level information such as TCP/UDP ports in outgoing communications and must maintain a translation table so that return packets can be correctly translated back. RFC 2663 uses the term NAPT(network address and port translation) for this type of NAT. Other names include PAT (port address translation), IP masquerading, NAT Overload and many-to-one NAT. Since this is the most common type of NAT it is often referred to simply as NAT.As described, the method enables communication through the router only when the conversation originates in the masqueraded network, since this establishes the translation tables. For example, a web browser in the masqueraded network can browse a website outside, but a web browser outside could not browse a web site in the masqueraded network. However, most NAT devices today allow the network administrator to configure translation table entries for permanent use. This feature is often referred to as "static NAT" or port forwarding and allows traffic originating in the "outside" network to reach designated hosts in the masqueraded network.In the mid-1990s NAT became a popular tool for alleviating the consequences of IPv4 address exhaustion.[1] It has become a common, indispensable feature in routers for home and small-office Internet connections. Most systems using NAT do so in order to enable multiple hosts on a private network to access the Internet using a single public IP address.Network address translation has serious drawbacks in terms of the quality of Internet connectivity and requires careful attention to the details of its implementation. In particular, all types of NAT break the originally envisioned model of IP end-to-end connectivity across the Internet and NAPT makes it difficult for systems behind a NAT to accept incoming communications. As a result, NAT traversal methods have been devised to alleviate the issues encountered.


What translation method will allow a server to always keep the same public address?

static NAT

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What must you incorporate to accommodate this requirement?

NAT overload and PAT.


What is the difference between (IP) and (NAT)?

What is the real difference between NAT and PAT? NAT is a feature of a router that will translate IP addresses. When a packet comes in, it will be rewritten in order to forward it to a host that is not the IP destination. A router will keep track of this translation, and when the host sends a reply, it will translate back the other way. PAT translates ports, as the name implies, and likewise, NAT translates addresses. Sometimes PAT is also called Overloaded NAT


How do you access internet on limited ip address?

Using NAT or PAT


What is the purpose of NAT?

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What is one purpose of NAT?

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How can NAT and PAT devices can be used together to enhance security?

NAT devices can hide IP addresses of internal servers; PAT devices ensure that services run on internal servers via a single IP address with multiple ports


When running NAT what is the purpose of address overloading?

When running NAT the purpose of address overloading is to map a number of private IP addresses to one public IP address.


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Does cat rhyme with bath?

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What are the different types of NAT?

In General There are two types of NAT 1)- Static NAT where a set of Private IP Ads are maped directly to a Set of Public Address 2)- dynamic NAT where a set of Private IP Addresses are maped to a pool of Public addresses as required In the above General Categories you can also configure how NAT should Work. However, most systems actually use PAT (Port Address Translation) instead of NAT Regards Shahryar Shaheen